Paris (AFP)
Villeurbanne recorded its sixth loss of the season in Euroleague, the third in a row, swept on the floor of Maccabi Tel Aviv 93 to 62, Thursday, on behalf of the 11th day.
The Asvel now has a negative record of five wins for six defeats, and is back beyond 10th place in the European basketball competition, while the Israelis, with seven wins and four losses, settle firmly in the top 8.
In Tel Aviv, the players of Zvezdan Mitrovic, still deprived of his American interior Adreian Payne, did not exist, dominated in all areas of the game, including the rebound (36 against 26) and three-point shooting (41% of success against 16%).
In the Menora Mivtachim Arena, only Latvian Rihard Lomazs and Frenchman Theo Maledon have painfully reached the 10-point mark for Asvel, against four players on the side of the six-time European champions (Scottie Wilbekin 16, Jake Cohen 16, Nate Wolters 13, Yovel Zoosman 11).
Back in Villeurbanne, the teammates of Charles Kahudi will receive Sunday Le Portel at Astroballe in the French league, to try to maintain their invincibility on the national level, before a new European trip to the Zenit Saint Petersburg in a week .
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